Since the successful comeback of the Norwegiean Industrial Rock/Metal heroes last year the boys work hard doing what they do the best; music. Alex & Kim and their partners in crime wanted to show everybody that it would take them less than f years to release a new Zeromancer album in contrary to the case with their previous full-length CD "Sinners International". In the last 13 months Zeromancer has been very busy and fruitful: they released an album, competed a comeback tour, released an EP and now the brand new album "Death of Romance" is being presented to pick up where the band left off.
Zeromancer is a neologism consisting of zero+romance= hence not very romantic. The title of the new album means approximately the same, thus the album is almost self titled and it deals with the painful topic of relationships that end but these Norwegians don’t see it necessarily as a bad thing. The former self-proclaimed Industrial boy band believe that if two people do not fit to each other (any more) it is not a bad idea to split up.
Music-wise, the album stands in the previous Zeromancer tradition and so rather distinctive: cold, sometimes emotional, sometimes sober till it hurts. Not all the lyrics are easy to understand and remain open to the listener’s interpretation. The topic of religious cults is mentioned too, but you don’t have to be a specialist on sects and small distant communities to enjoy the album.
The production was conducted on a very high level; a truly juicy sound.
This is an absolutely solid CD but still I miss here outstanding numbers like "Dr Online", "Clone your Lover" or "It Sounds Like Love". The songs are fairly and equally good, no reason to grumble but no real killer-tracks this time.